To the posters above, not gonna reply to each for time/effort purposes.
I'll just say that nobody really knows the answer, so it's all just speculation. It's my opinion that he wasn't overly tired. Just looking at his past gives you an indication that he's a workhorse. In Vancouver, he faced a massive workload and it wasn't even just the amount of games played, it was the volume and difficulty of shots he had to deal with most nights. So comparing his with time with the Canucks, he's got it a lot easier here in terms of energy spent.
Also, looking at the past, goaltenders in the past who won Cups routinely played 60-70+ regular seasons games to go along with 20+ playoff games. So not sure why right now would be any different. We're talking about elite athletes here, not senior citizens.
Lastly, the weak goals he allowed looked more so a lack of execution than fatigue in my opinion. It's not like he needed to push hard side to side or any extreme movements here. We're talking about a lot of straight shots that he just whiffed on.
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